Since unborn fetuses are both human and alive, no one has the moral right to reject their human identity or deny them life. Abortion is generally defined as a medical or clinical procedure which results in the termination of the existence of a human fetus. In the United States, an impassioned debate has been waged for decades between pro-life advocates and pro-choice advocates concerning the morality of abortion.
In response, pro-choice groups have responded with a variety of arguments over the years, ranging from defending a woman's right to control her own body to arguing that aborting a human fetus before it reaches a certain stage of development is morally acceptable because the fetus isn't really human yet. Subsequently, the ongoing debate over abortion has yet to be fully resolved because of the difficulty in determining to everyone's satisfaction whose rights should take precedenceĀthe mother's rights or
the baby's rights.
Unfortunately, pro-choice advocates......
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